Porlamar

Porlamar
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Nicknames:  Villa del Espíritu Santo (English: House of the Holy Spirit) Pueblo de La Mar (English: Village by the Sea)
Porlamar
Coordinates: 10°57′N 63°51′W / 10.950°N 63.850°W / 10.950; -63.850
Country	Venezuela
State	Nueva Esparta
Counties	Mariño
Demonym	Porlamarense
Government
• Mayor	Alfredo Díaz
Elevation	10 m (32 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	144,830
Postal coded	6301
Area code	295
Climate	BSh
Website	Municipality of Mariño

Porlamar (Spanish pronunciation: [poɾlaˈmaɾ]) is the most populated city, major seaport and major center in the state of Nueva Esparta, Venezuela. It is situated on the southern coast of Margarita Island, one of three islands in the Caribbean Sea off the South American mainland which make up the state of Nueva Esparta,^[1] at a distance of 6 miles (10 km) from the state capital of La Asunción. Porlamar is the capital of Mariño, the most populous of the eleven municipalities into which the state of Nueva Esparta is divided.